Ticket deliverer



Aug. 28, 1923.

J. STIRISS TICKET DELIVERER Original Filed Dec. 15,4921 2 Sheets-Sheet lINVENTOR. Jacob Sa'nlss,

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Aug. 28, 1923.

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To all whom it may OOH/06TH Be it known thatl, JAcon Srnuss a residentof the city, York, and a citizen county, and-State of New of the UnitedStates,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements 111 TicketsDeliverers, of wh ch the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ticket deliverellsy and more especially inhn'uted quantities to dispensers of tickets and its object is to store aquantity of ticketsand render one acces sible by having its end protrudeso as to be grasped the part enablerhim to-remo* time draw anotherticket out so far that 1? y desiring the same to :c it, and at'the samemay be withdrawn by thenext party.- Another object of the invention isto sound an alarm as the ticket. that an desiring These leaves themachine so attendant may see that the party the ticket takes only'one.and other objects of this invention are more fully described in thefollowing specification, set forth 1n the claims, and 11- lustra-ted 1nthe accompanylng draw ngs wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of aticket deliverer embodying in Fig, 2 1sa central of the same.

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vertical sectional View Fig. 3 isa sectional view through the casin onthe line 33 tion.

'Fig. 5 is a plan vi of Fig. 4.

ig. 1 is afront elevation partly insecew of the feed roller.

. In cafs and dining rooms where it is the custom to supply the patronwith tickets or checks in which the amount of purchases-is punched,fraud is possible where said patron takes two tickets and punchedtherefrom a has different purchases nd offers but one of the smallercheck for payment.

It is therefore fou nd desirable to furnish the patrons with but oneticket and as the cost of a personal distributor would be con'siderable, the presen t invention is designed At the front side 0 twoknurled rollers f an upright case 10 are 11 and 12, the shaft of theformer journalled in the case; while lower roller 12 is journalled inmovable bear ings 13 with stems 14: playinginboxes 15 and having springs16 to force the roller 12 against roller 11, yet capable of movementaway from the same.

These two "friction. rollers are geared-together by gear wheels 17 and18 and mesh? ing with the latter isan idler 19 that drives atoot-hedfeed roller'20 throughthe' gear wheel 21 so that allgef these rollersrotate. in unison. p f i i. v

The upper part of .the' casin comprises" a chute 22 in which is'fitteda, weighted follower 23 with'studs 24 that, play 'in the over; V

tical slots 2%1 and direct the follower, towards. the feed roller20,'but the slots 24 terminate so far abov'ethe' roller'that, thefollower will not injurethe roller ,when the chute is empty. I v V r c'The chute 22 is adapted to be filled with the tickets or checksto bedelivered, and the follower presses them down on the feed roller 20 asshown in Figs. 2 and 3 and :the front and rear lower ends of the chuteare inclined, as at 25 and 26, so as to throw the stack of ticketsoutward. The inclined-wall 25 is a slide that may be adjusted up or downand held. at any desired height by theset screws 26 playing "in-slots insaid slide while the inclined wall'26 is a partiof the" castingof thebase 27. V

i The -machine is ready for operation when a check 28 protrudes, asshown inFigs. 2 and 3, affording access to the party desiring the same,and asthe checkgis pulled out the rollers 11 and 12 are put in motionand the toothed roller 20 caused to; move in unison by the gear wheels19and 21. :The removal of said check also aids in the rotation of roller20, but when the check isremoved from the influence of the teeth of thisroller they will then engage the next check above the one being removedand start that check forward. At this time about three-fourths of theticket or check isprotruding from while the remaining portion isaccompanied by the next check or ticket and two are moving togetheruntil the first check leaves the-rollers entirely'and they are then atrest. The second check now "protrudes about a quarter of its lengthbeyond the opening to be grasped bynext patron. V

This process willcontinue so long as the checks are being pulled.

The engagement 'of'the second check be tween the rollers 11 and 12 willdepress roller 12 and cause a stud 29 on one of its bearings to lowertheshort arm 30 of a hammer lever 31 pivoted at 32 and drawn by the LIAspring 33 towards the gong 34. The proportion of leverage being soslightat" the short end, of this lever that the removal of the forward checkwill cause the bearing to ascend and cause the hammer 35 to strike the.gong and signify to the attendant that a check had been removed toenable him to prevent the party from getting a second one. The back ofthe case may be a door 36 for the insertion of a supply of checks andprovided with a window 37 to detect a failing supply and a counter 37may be attached to one side ofthemachine and operated with each rotationof the wheel 21 sothat a record oi the delivery or" the tickets may bekept.

The'object of the inclined faces 25 and 26 are to break any adhesion ofchecks, 'and'at the same time to guide the-front edge of the check intothe slot 25', the latter being adjusted to allow the entry ofon'lyonecheck above the one that is being pulled.

As shown in Fig. 5, it will be seen that the spurs 201 on the roller 2Qare not only sharp pointed, but staggeredso that' if the firsttooth'sho'uld injure the paper the next tooth or its successors williind a place in thepa'p'er to connect with it and feed it out. Thesespurs 201 occupy only about a third of the" circumference ofabout enoughto ing from the essential features above described, or from the scope ofthe appended claims. r I What I claim is:

1.111 a ticket delivery, the combination m o w 1 4 1,466,492

of a chute having a slotted bottom and an outlet, an adjusting gate atthe outlet, a V

roller having spurs playing in the slotted bottom and adapted toengageia ticket there on, a frictional roller journalled'attlie outlet,a second frictional roller co-operating with the first,spring-pressed journals for the second roller to cause it to engagetheadapted 'to cause the roller-with 'spurs to advance a ticket'when apreceding ticket is pulled through the frictional rollers.

2. In a ticket 'deliverer, thecombinat-ion of a chutehaving a deflectedlower "end terminating in an outlet, friction rollers at the outlet,yieldingbearings carrying one 0t 7 the rollers, means operated by therotating 1 of the rollers by a passing ticket to advance 7 a new ticket,a bell and a hammer connected with the yielding bearings and adapted tobe raised by the presence of two tickets between" the rollers andreleased when 'oneiof the tickets is "removed;

3. In a ticket deliver-er, the'comb'ination" of a chute, frictionrollers adjacent the same and adapted to be rotated by an ejectedticket, deflected walls at the lower end of the chute and inclinedtowards the rollers, a spur wheel adapted to move a superimposedticketiorward when the'lower ticket ispulled from between the rollers,gearing connecting the rollers with the spur wheel,

an alarm, and means connected withthe rollers for setting the alarm whentwo tickets are between the rollers and sounding said alarm when one ofthe tickets is removed,-

In testimony whereof'I hereunto aflix my signature. 7 1

JACOB STIRISS

